Improvement in sad-iron heaters



W. FRARY. Sad-lron Heaters.

Patented April 14,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT WILLIAM FRARY, OF CLINTON, MIOH-IGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAD-IRON HEATERS.

- Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,582, dated April 14, 1874; application filed March 13,1874.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known `that I, WILLIAM Fanny, of Clinton, in the county of Lenawee andl State of Michi gan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sad-Iron Heaters and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my sadiron heater as placed upon the top of a stove..

Fig.2is a longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 a transverse section of the saine.

The nat-ure of myimprovement in sad-iron heaters consists, tirst, in the combination oi a horizontal slotted diaphragm with the cover or case, which, as usual, is constructed without a bottom, and is slotted through its top and through its frontside, to admit the body and handle of the sad-iron; second, in a slotted diaphragm or partition, which is self-adjusting, in combination with the slotted and perforated case; third, in the combination of a certain construction of supporting and releasing rods with the partition of the sad-iron heater. The object of my improvement is to form a chamber or air spa-ce between the body of the sad iron andV the 'top of the case, and thereby protect the handle as much as possible from the iniiuence of the heater which is employed to heat the body ofthe sad-iron and, while this is the case, another object of my improvement is to have the space in which the body of the sad-iron is heated of no greater depth than the thickness of the sad-iron, and thereby compel the heat which is employed to heat the sad-iron to iinpin ge directly upon, and expend itself to a very great degree upon, the sad-iron below the air-chamber in which the handle ofthe iron is mainly placed. The third object is to prevent a casual displacement of the supportin g-rods of the partition, and, at the same time, have them self-fastening.

. A is the case or cover, made of sheetmetal, wire-bound, and, in form and construction, similar to an ordinary iiaring drippingpan when the same is inverted. The best proportions for depth and width of this case are, one and a half to two inches deep, and eight to twelve inches wide. The length will vary according to the4 number of irons it is required to heat. These proportions may be varied as circumstances require. This case or cover has one or more openings, B, through its front side, large enough to admit thebodyportion co1' aiiatiron through it, and these openings are intersected at the middle of their length-at top-by a narrow slot or slots, B', which are cut down through the top or front side of the cover, as shown. The slots B are provided in order to admit the handles a of the iron through them, and extend back through the top aproper distance to permit the body of the sad-iron to be placed entirely under the top of the case,as illustrated in Figs. l and 3 of the drawings. C is a horizontal partition or diaphragm, placed within the case, below the top thereof. This partition is set upon rods c o, which pass through the cover from side to side.4 These rods alone sustain the partition in its position. Their front ends are formed with a rin ghandle, and their rear ends are made with a spiral or cork-screw twist, and these latter ends are screwed through oblong slots g in the rear side of the cover. When the rods are inserted properly, they cannot get out of position until turned and drawn back by the manager of the heater. The partition is slotted in a corresponding manner with the top of the cover, as shown at d, and, at the front end ot' Athe slot, the corners are cut off, so as to i'orm iiaring entrances for the handles of the s adirons. v

Thus arranged, the partition forms an. air space or ch amber, f, between its top side and the under side of the case, and, further,itis free to rise and fall within the case whenever sadirons ofgreater thickness than the space between its under side and the top of the stove D, upon which the cover is placed, are introduced under the partition. This adjustability adapts the apparatus to irons of varying thickness, andv also insures a close lit uponirons which are just the thickness that the apparatus is constructed to receive below its partition.

AI am aware that sad-iron heaters are not a new thing, broadly. I also am aware that slotted and perforated covers or cases are not new; and, likewise, that the handle has been partially isolated from the heat Within the case by hinged pieces; but I believe itis new toconstruct a sad-iron heater with the air-chamber rrrcn.

above the diaphragm, and to have the diaphragm seladjusting and always fitting down or riding upon the top ofthe body portion of the irons, as I have set forth.

My improvement greatly reduces the cost of ordinary sad-iron heaters, and gives greater convenience to those using the heater, while the heating of irons is greatly facilitated with a given consumption of fuel.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The saddron heater constructed With the partition or diaphragm C, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein described and shown.

2. The partition or diaphragm C, supported upon rods, and made self-adjustable, substantially as herein described.

3. The combination of the rods having a spiral twist on one end and a ring on the other with the diaphragm of the sad-iron heater, as described and shown.

WILLIAM FRARY.

Witnesses:

JOHN SMITH, BYRON 0. RANDALL. 

